In this episode, we will be continuing our journey into the world of fine art as I talk to Jack Storms, one of the very few cold glass sculptors in the world. His work has been featured in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy movie and viral videos that have reached hundreds of millions of viewers. In this episode Jack will explain more about his work process, how his art piece ended up in a Marvel movie, meeting Stan Lee in person and his own advice for those who want to build a successful business as an artist.

The techniques and process Jack Storms used to create the signature look for his glass sculptures

Why there aren’t many cold glass artists in the world

How Jack’s love for geometry influence the aesthetics for his art

Jack’s journey of becoming a sculptor and going from being inspired by Stan Lee in the early days to a memorable experience of meeting him in person

How a Jack Storms sculpture landed a part in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy movie

Jack’s plans for growing his brand and increasing engagement with his fans by sharing what it takes to be a functioning artist through his vlog and Patreon

In this episode, I will be talking to Jaime Lau, Founder & Gallery Director at The Spectacle Group about the world of fine art business. We go into how she goes about selecting artists and art pieces for her gallery, building brands for emerging and established artists from different categories including glass and photography, and an exciting new documentary she’s working on. For aspiring Fine Artists and brands looking to collaborate with amazing artists, this is a great episode to listen to.

The Innovate for Growth Podcast is a show where Tracy Tsang, Founder & CEO of Internet of Stories, meets world class creators/performers/artisans, mission driven entrepreneurs and thought leaders in growth and innovation to chat about their life journeys, creative processes, and wisdom gained from building ventures out of doing what they love. Previous guests in this podcast series include: Creators of the Sassy Speaks Podcast, Founder of Kokonuzz Media Group, Gallery Director & Artists from The Spectacle Group, CEO of Cherie Blair Foundation for Women, and Head of Product at South China Morning Post.

Our goal is to empower creators and mission driven entrepreneurs to develop in a holistic way, create scalable positive social impact, while enabling their personal and professional growth as a successful creative entrepreneur.

In this episode, I met with Patti Hunt, Co-Founder & CEO, and Kate Okrasinski, Director of Innovation at MAKE Studios, a service design innovation consultancy based in Hong Kong and Australia. They are also the organisers of Design Thinking HK and Service Design HK communities, regularly hosting events and conferences on Service Design/Design Thinking. Patti and Kate share the process behind their service design innovation work with corporates, government and NGOs as well as their thoughts on the current state, obstacles and opportunities for innovation in Hong Kong.

In this first episode of The Innovate for Growth Podcast, I met Surmayee Tetarbe and Sam Book from Sassy Media Group who are the creators behind Sassy Speaks, a brand new podcast series they’ve launched to celebrate Sassy Media’s 10 years anniversary.

With Sassy Media being a well established lifestyle media brand, it was interesting to find out more about their approach to creating their own podcast and how they have integrated it as part of their content and marketing strategy.

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